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Son of Nicaragua

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 7th 2024 at 18:27
A conversation with Carlos Fernando Chamorro.

Journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro listens during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua, December 13, 2019.
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A Talk with the β€˜Hotel Manager’

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 5th 2024 at 16:53
On a podcast with Paul Rusesabagina, who saved more than a thousand people in the Rwandan genocide.
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Right Side Up

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 3rd 2024 at 12:08
Reader mail on flying the flag and more.

An American flag hangs behind the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus in Everett, Wash., January 24, 2019.
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Communing with a Writer

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 30th 2024 at 07:15
Reader mail on George Eliot, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and more.

The tomb of British novelist Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the name β€˜George Eliot,’ is seen in Highgate Cemetery, London, on February 5, 2019.
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Soundings

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 28th 2024 at 07:09
Reader mail on the theremin, college sports, β€˜owning the insult,’ and more.

Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin perform at Earl's Court in London, May 1975.
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Terror and Courage

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 26th 2024 at 16:04
Notes on Ukraine and Russia, cont.

A firefighter washes his face as he works at the compound of a printworks hit by Russian missile strikes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 23, 2024.
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Bring Back Dink Stover

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 24th 2024 at 12:26
On the professionalization of college sports, etc.

College football in the 1930s
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Skaters, Pols, Birds . . .

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 23rd 2024 at 07:15
Reader mail on Oksana Baiul, Ben Sasse, tree swallows, and more.

Olympic figure-skating gold medalist Oksana Baiul, from Ukraine, addresses a pro-Ukraine rally in Las Vegas, Nev., March 5, 2022.
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Curiosities for the Curious

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 22nd 2024 at 17:12
On a music podcast with the theremin, etc.

Leon Theremin performs on his invention, the theremin, in New York City in the 1920s or '30s.
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McConnell vs. OrbΓ‘n

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 21st 2024 at 09:01
In a blunt and significant floor speech, Senator Mitch McConnell took on the Hungarian leader, Viktor OrbΓ‘n.

Left: Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) in November 2023. Right: Hungarian leader Viktor OrbΓ‘n in February 2024.
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Heavy Metal

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 20th 2024 at 09:43
On the New York Philharmonic, Gustav Mahler, World War II, and a salvage campaign.

Gustav Mahler
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Funny, Painful, Etc.

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 17th 2024 at 07:12
Reader mail on American education and β€˜Saturday Night Live.’

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Bleakness and Light

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 16th 2024 at 07:26
On Charles Dickens, Yefim Bronfman, etc.

Lord Mayor of London David Wootton (left) and Britain's Prince Charles look at a portrait of Charles Dickens during a visit to the Dickens Museum in London in 2012.
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Within the Ukraine War

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 15th 2024 at 10:35
On a podcast with Illia Ponomarenko, Ukrainian war reporter.

Galina Shevtsova in front of her apartment building, Mariupol, Russian-occupied Ukraine, November 16, 2022. She lives in the basement with her husband, Pavel. Their apartment higher in the building was destroyed by Russian forces the previous March.
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Britannia Rules

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 15th 2024 at 07:12
Reader mail on things British.

A residence in the village of Dorridge, West Midlands, England, May 2024
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Fear, and Love, of Needles

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 14th 2024 at 07:21
Reader mail on vinyl records, running, and more.

An Audio-Technica staff member places a needle on a record at the IFA consumer-technology fair in Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2022.
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Fit to Print

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 13th 2024 at 07:21
Reader mail on reading newspapers, the French language in Michigan, etc.

Reading a newspaper at a trailer park in Sarasota, Fla., 1941
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A Sinister Singling Out

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 12th 2024 at 16:35
Notes on Eurovision, Israel, Hamas, etc.

People hold Palestinian flags during a protest against Israeli participation in the Eurovision Song Contest ahead of the second semi-final in MalmΓΆ, Sweden, May 9, 2024.
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In the Face of Hell, Perseverance

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 12th 2024 at 15:38
Notes on Ukraine and Russia.

A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 4, 2024.
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